Candles and Typewriters_The Second Birth_Long Live the Queen_The factory
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Candles and Typewriters
The room was gloomy, a single scented candle flickering at the desk casting a yellow glow.The sky outside was even darker, not a single star to be seen beneath the pollution of the city, not even the moon making an appearance tonight. There was a lamp post in front of her house, although it was barely potent enough to shine through the street, much less to let the light into her house.She didn’t mind. She liked the dark, her candle was more than enough. The vanilla scent was comforting and the yellow light was warm.She was home alone tonight, as it had been the norm for years. She was past the...
The Second Birth
The Second BirthTravelling in a bus uphill; enjoying the serene beauty around was Seema’s first love. She was always delighted when the bus swirled up the hill. Each travel thrilled her as she did during her first trip. The deep valleys that could be seen beside gave her a heavenly experience. Seema loved to breathe the fresh air. She found immense pleasure to sense the increasing chillness of air as the altitude increased. This second, Seema was pleasantly lost in the bliss of nature.She indulged in this beautiwww.onedoor.ccful feeling without being aware of the fact that the driver had started suffering ...
Long Live the Queen
I straighten the pastel pink skirt and blazer with shaking hands. Pacing from one end to the other, I mutter words underneath my breath, each try different from the other. The cards in my hand don’t help, as they just have a few words on them. I need to show the world that I’m different. I must not be another person who can read. I need to be someone who has a stage presence, whose every word is echoing in the audience’s ears long after the speech is done. I need to leave my mark. I wish I were trained for this kind of thing, the kind of thing everyone but me is good at. Public speaking. Look...
The factory
Billie sighed, she was sitting at a table with other people, brainwashed people, but still people, they all acted the same, the headmaster has everyone come to his office before they came into the factory which soon everyone will be working at because work outside of the factory is almost impossible, they come in fine and come out barely blinking, she had gone in too, they have you stare at a screen, and it erases your memory and tells you what you believe, what to do, and what to say. Billie's father taught her how to avoid being hypnotized, before he died, he wanted Billie to be able to de...